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Barnes pushing for more referendums
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 18th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant MLA Drew Barnes has renewed his call to put a provincial pension and police force to a referendum question this fall, but Premier Jason Kenney told him in question period this week any promise of a vote so soon is “figment of imagination.” Voters in the Oct. 18 municipal elections across Alberta will also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cypress County councillor joins national municipality lobbying group
By Medicine Hat News on June 18th, 2021
Cypress County councillor Robin Kurpjuweit has joined the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities representing rural members in the Alberta caucus of the national lobbying group. It represents 2,000 local governments from across the country in lobbying Ottawa, and provides a suite of services as well as some grants and program delivery from federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City power profits continue to balloon
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 17th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city’s power plant should again pump out a major profit, but that won’t produce a traditional dividend as the city finance department rearranges how it accounts for capital spending and the performance of business units. High electricity prices this winter brought in $24 million more than expected from export sales before April 30, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senator Gershaw grad festivities start tonight
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on June 17th, 2021
Senator Gershaw School’s plans this year are on June 17 to have a parent night followed by an abbreviated cap and gown ceremony with graduates and parents only. On June 18 will be a more public live streamed graduation ceremony with graduates dressing up in their formal attire and completing all graduate congratulations and addresses. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of firms with ties to Medicine Hat switch stock exchanges
By Medicine Hat News on June 17th, 2021
Two companies with ties to Medicine Hat are switching stock markets. Hut 8 Cryptocurrency moved to the NASDAQ Global select market on June 15 at the same time as it announced a $100-million stock offering to fund expansion activities. Cielo Waste Solutions, which plans to build a biodiesel refinery near Dunmore in conjunction with investors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Possible plan for parks, rec centres will get public feedback this summer
By COLLIN GALLANT on June 17th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant An overview of a parks and recreation that will look at revamping some centralized parks and potentially closing certain community rec centres will go to a city committee by month end before it is sent out for public consultation. Monday’s meeting of the public services committee heard the general timeline of the master plan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter wins MJT opener on 4-hole playoff
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on June 17th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour teed off in Alberta on June 12 and 13 for its first tournament of the 2021 season, with Hatter Sam Bratvold taking home first place in the MJT Junior Boys Division after a four-hole playoff with Spruce Grove’s Connor Kurysh at the MJT Ford Series at Stony Plain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wellness Wednesdays will build community activity
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on June 17th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi Every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. for the month of June, people can meet outside the Keys to Hope Counselling Services building on Dunmore Road to participate in community building activities. Last week, folks played the game Kerplunk and on Wednesday, the organization’s events co-ordinator and wellness coach sat outside in front of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MH Family Services among grant recipients for elder abuse funding
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 17th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Seniors and Housing Minister Josephine Pon announced new initiatives on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. On June 15, the government announced it would be providing $750,000 to the Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Council to help support elder abuse prevention and intervention initiatives. Medicine Hat Family Services will receive $36,000 of that total. “Approximately $650,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Invasive weed workshops aim to control growing issue
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on June 17th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi The Interpretive Program at Police Point Park and Grasslands Naturalists are co-hosting the Hidden Neighbours – Weedy Workshops in four areas of the Hat starting June 19 to make Hatters aware of invasive weed species growing in the area. “We want to go to various places in Medicine Hat, have people attend and then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court briefs: Community sentence for man who held up in garage over border officials’ error
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 16th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com A man accused of resisting arrest by holding up in his garage after city police were asked to assist in a Canadian Border Service Agency investigation received a one-year community sentence Tuesday at provincial court. CBSA officials incorrectly believed Robert Bailey was attempting to import a silencer, which turned out to be a filter ... Read More »
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